Garment hanger



April 28, 1931. E. w. CARLEWITZ 1,303,003

GARMENT HANGER Filed June 21. 192

INVENTOR BY W ATTORNEY Fatented Apr. 28, 1931 TED STATES EH11; W. CARLEWITZ, OF CITY, NEW JERSEY GARMENT HANGER Application filed June 21,

This invention relates to arment hangers in general and particular y to the kind adapted to be used outdoors.

The prime object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind which is capable of being suspended from a clothes line in such a manner that it cannot voluntarily, or bythe force of a stron wind, detach itself from the line, and urthermore, having 11o means for securel holding a garment, susended from the ar of the hanger, against caving that bar, whether unintentionally or when itated by a strong breeze.

The oregoing principal and further obto jects will be more fully apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, forming part of this disclosure, but by no means intended to limit the invention to the showing.

Referring1 to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a si e elevation of'a garment hanger, and

Figure 2 is a bottom view thereof.

In the drawings, numeral 10 denotes a hanger bar, suspended by hook member 11, which comprises a double loop, consisting of an outer loop portion 12 and an inner loop portion 13. The latter is a continuation of the former, and is shaped similarly and arranged eccentrically, relative to the former. It will be seen that the outer loop portion is provided with a cord receiving notch 14, adapted to hold in place a cord or clothesline, indicated at 15. The free end' of the inner loop portion, is somewhat rounded inwardsso as to provide an easy entrance for the cord, in the direction indicated by an arrow.

At one side of bar 10, there is attached a double clampin member 16, formed from a flat spring an curved or shaped to follow approximately, the contour of the bar member 10, as can be plainly seen in Figure 1. The center portion 17 of the clamping memher is, depressed, and serves as attaching portion for the clamping member. The free ends 18 of the clam ing member extend in the direction towar s the ends of the bar member, but terminate short of those, and are semi-looped upwards, as indicated at 19.

1927. Serial No. 200,821.

At their looped ends and the sides facing the bar, there are provided felt pads 20, intended not only to increase friction between a garment and the clamping member, but also preventing undue damage which may be gzused by the bare end of the clamping mem- Operation My device is plainly intended for airing clothes. The garment is hung over the hanger bar as usual, but the end of the arment, on the side where the clamping men: or is secured, is brought under the arms of that member, and held thereby against leavin the bar. Now the clothesline or a cord rom which the hanger is to be suspended, is brought in at the point marked by the arrow, and forced into the notch 14.

Since the inner portion 13 of the hook is resilient, it will permit the cord to easily pass into the notch. However, the moment the cord has imbedded itself within that notch, the portion 13 will bear against the lower part of the cord or line, and will clamp it there in place.

When it is desired to remove the hanger from the line, the free end of the inner hook portion 13 has to be depressed so as to loosen its grip upon the line, and permit the latter a to be drawn out.

While I have shown a specific construction of my device, be it understood that im rovements and changes may be made within the scope of my invention, for which I claim: a

1. In a garment suspending device having means for securing a arment against disengagement therefrom, t e combination with a hanger bar, of a hook member comprising an outer loop portion, an inner loop portion adjacent thereto, said outer loop portion havin a cord receiving recess and a cord secure therein, said inner loop portion bearing against said cord.

2. In a garment hanger including a gar- .5 ment receiving bar and means for securin a garment against disengagement from sai bar, the combination with the bar, of a suspension hook comprising an outer, resilient loop member, an inner resilient loop member 100- bent against and in substantially parallel relation with the inner face of said outer loop member, a cord engaging recess formed in the latter a cord secured in said recess, said inner loop member bearing against the cord in said recess, thereby clamping the cord, held therein, against disengagement from the loop.

3. In a garment hanger as per claim 2, said inner loop member bein shorter in length than the outer loop mem er and having its free end deflected from the inner face of said outer loop member for permitting the insertion between the loop members of a cord or the like.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 9th day of June, A. D. 1927.

EMIL W. CARLEWITZ. 

